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Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) (USD $)
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Mar. 31, 2013
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Jan. 11, 2013
Liberty Media [Member]
Starz, LLC
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Jan. 11, 2013
Liberty Media [Member]
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| Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Abstract] | ||||
| Tax Attributes Due to Spin-Off | $ 11,600,000 | |||
| Tax loss and credit carryforwards | 10,777,000 | 155,861,000 | ||
| Accrued stock compensation | 6,376,000 | 5,575,000 | ||
| Investments | 26,439,000 | 25,516,000 | ||
| Intangible assets | 0 | 1,163,000 | ||
| Other future deductible amounts | 3,613,000 | 219,000 | ||
| Deferred tax assets | 47,205,000 | 188,334,000 | ||
| Valuation allowance | (935,000) | (155,861,000) | (154,200,000) | |
| Deferred tax assets, net | 46,270,000 | 32,473,000 | ||
| Property and equipment | (18,200,000) | (18,807,000) | ||
| Intangible assets | (20,095,000) | 0 | ||
| Other future taxable amounts | 0 | (454,000) | ||
| Deferred tax liabilities | (38,295,000) | (19,261,000) | ||
| Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) | 7,975,000 | 13,212,000 | ||
| Deferred Tax Asset, Capital Loss and Tax Credity Carryforwards, Foreign | $ 154,200,000 |
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Deferred Tax Asset, Capital Loss and Tax Credity Carryforwards, Foreign No definition available.
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Deferred Tax Assets, Intangible Assets No definition available.
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Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss and Tax Credit Carryforwards No definition available.
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Tax Attributes Due to Spin-Off - state net operating losses, foreign tax credit carryforwards and other attributes No definition available.
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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax liability to taxable temporary differences. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from investments (excludes investments in subsidiaries and equity method investments). No definition available.
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Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards, net of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences not separately disclosed. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from share-based compensation. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from intangible assets other than goodwill. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences not separately disclosed. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from property, plant, and equipment. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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